All public education institutions using state funds to purchase meat, meat food products, or meat by-products, as defined in § 53-7-202, shall give preference in awarding contracts or agreements for the purchase of such meat or meat products to producers located within the boundaries of this state so long as the terms, conditions and quality associated with the in-state producers' proposals are equal to those obtainable from producers located elsewhere.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 12-3-1109
Preference to in-state meat producers by schools
Acts 1975, ch. 20, § 2; T.C.A., §§ 12-349, 12-3-122; T.C.A. § 12-3-810; Acts 2013, ch. 403, § 67.
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